Archive for April, 2009

Reconnecting citizens with politics and policy making – what is happening now and what should be done in future

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

A joint workshop between the European eParticipation study and the Demos@Work project will take place in the framework of the 7th Eastern European eGovernment Days, the 22nd of April 2009 in Prague (15.30-18.00 pm)     This workshop will present initial results from these two initiatives, giving participants an opportunity to learn at ...

PEP NET Workshop at the EDem 2009 Conference, Vienna

Monday, April 6th, 2009

"Participatory planning: conflicts, context and cooperation" with Daniel van Lerberghe, Dan Jellinek, Rolf Luehrs, Bengt Feil, and representatives from the CEE Citizens' Network and ASAEL, Spain. During this workshop, the PEP NET members will present and disuss cases in participatory planning, but ppt.s are forbidden! More info about the conference and the ...

EDem and EPart Workshop Brussel 12.06.09

Monday, April 6th, 2009

An upcoming workshop on eDemocracy and eParticipation organised by the EC, very few seem to have heard about it, so I am posting the workshop link here as its target audience addresses the PEP NET members and readers! https://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/egovernment/studies/trendswatch/index_en.htm

Tell Barroso

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> A new web-survey – labeled with the telling name „tellBarroso.eu“ - invites all EU-citizens to post their opinion about the EU policy areas. The survey suggests that the messages go all the way up to José Manuel Barroso, the ...

What do eParticipants think about eParticipation?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Some of you may remember the eParticipation Day 2009 - a conference and exhibition which took place in Brussels at the EC premises on 4th March. (By the way, a full video of the event and all the public speeches are now available at https://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/eparticipation/2009/index_en.htm). Fewer perhaps are aware of the ...

“Partecipazione e conflitto”

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Call for paper from a new Italian journal focused on conflict and participation and on building bridges between social actors and academic researchers. This issue of "Partecipazione e Conflitto" aims to collect empirical contributions focused on results, opportunities and problems emerging from different deliberative practices (i.e. managed by political institutions ...

Using Facebook Connect and Google OpenID on eParticipation websites

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

It is commonly accepted that the barrier to entry for participants in eParticipation action should be as low as possible. In this article I would like to take a look on a certain type of barrier, namely the registration processes on eParticipation websites, and how to make it easier for ...